While I was monitoring the market on night shift, I also took a look at a few blockchain game pools. The more I watched, the more it felt like the same old playbook: they front-load the issuance, throw out a bunch of “rewards”—basically inflation propping prices up. Once new entrants slow down, selling pressure squashes the pool, and liquidity runs off with it. Then the project team starts adding tasks, raising thresholds, and imposing lock-up periods, trying to keep a lid on sell pressure—but everyone playing knows the truth: output > demand, and sooner or later it’s going to blow up.

It’s the same during the recent airdrop season: the same “points-based + task platform.” The stricter the anti-bot measures are, the more the free-claim crowd looks like they’re clocking in for work… and the result is that people’s attention gets drained. Instead, there are fewer real users actually going to spend or play games. There are a lot of tutorials, but I just look for the kind that clearly explains where the money comes from and who ends up holding the bag. Don’t come at me with a bunch of fancy tricks. When emotions flare up, I’ll go wash my face—if the pool isn’t right, I withdraw. Stay alive first.